The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volum 6Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 666 sider |
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... inches long . SABLE . See MUSTELA . SABLE , in heraldry , denotes the colour black , in coats of arms belonging to gentle . men ; but in those of noblemen it is called diamond ; and in those of sovereign princes , saturn . It is ...
... inches long . SABLE . See MUSTELA . SABLE , in heraldry , denotes the colour black , in coats of arms belonging to gentle . men ; but in those of noblemen it is called diamond ; and in those of sovereign princes , saturn . It is ...
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... inches long , highly elegant , of a taper- ing form , and semi - transparent appearance . It has an odour not unlike that proceeding from vegetables , and which has by some been resembled to that of a violet , and by others to that of a ...
... inches long , highly elegant , of a taper- ing form , and semi - transparent appearance . It has an odour not unlike that proceeding from vegetables , and which has by some been resembled to that of a violet , and by others to that of a ...
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... inches long ; the wing - shells are of a smooth surface , of a bluish - grey colour , marked with round , deep - black spots of different sizes ; from the upper part of the thorax proceeds a horu of great length , in proportion to the ...
... inches long ; the wing - shells are of a smooth surface , of a bluish - grey colour , marked with round , deep - black spots of different sizes ; from the upper part of the thorax proceeds a horu of great length , in proportion to the ...
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... inch in length , gradually advancing in their growth , and occasionally shifting their skins , till they arrive at the length of nearly two inches . At this period they begin to prepare for their change into a chrysalis or pupa ...
... inch in length , gradually advancing in their growth , and occasionally shifting their skins , till they arrive at the length of nearly two inches . At this period they begin to prepare for their change into a chrysalis or pupa ...
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... inches in length to the tail . It resides generally in hollow trees near the top , is solitary in its habits , associating even in pairs only in the spring . It feeds princi- pally on the catkins of the birch , and in winter secludes ...
... inches in length to the tail . It resides generally in hollow trees near the top , is solitary in its habits , associating even in pairs only in the spring . It feeds princi- pally on the catkins of the birch , and in winter secludes ...
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